Afghan children returning from Pakistan face grim reality, survey finds

FILE - Displaced Afghan children warm themselves at a fire in a camp near the Torkham Pakistan-Afghanistan border crossing in Torkham, Afghanistan, Nov. 4, 2023, following their repatriation from Pakistan.

A survey released Thursday revealed that over the past seven months, nearly 250,000 children have returned to Afghanistan from neighboring Pakistan with almost nothing, and they urgently need food, shelter and access to education.